Thematic Bible
Job 23:1 (show verse)
And Job made answer and said,
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Job 23:2 (show verse)
Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.
Job 23:3 (show verse)
If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!
Job 23:4 (show verse)
I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments
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Job 23:5 (show verse)
I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.
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Job 23:6 (show verse)
Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.
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Job 23:7 (show verse)
There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
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Job 23:8 (show verse)
See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;
Job 23:9 (show verse)
I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him; and turning to the right, I am not able to see him.
Job 23:10 (show verse)
For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.
Afflictions » Blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Often blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
Afflictions made beneficial » In testing and exhibiting our sincerity
Gold » Illustrative of » Saints after affliction
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Righteous » Compared with » Gold
compared to Saints » Gold
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
Trials » Often blessings in disguise
Trials » The refining influence of
God, Wisdom of » Exhibited in knowing » The way of saints
Afflictions » Often blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
Afflictions made beneficial » In testing and exhibiting our sincerity
Gold » Illustrative of » Saints after affliction
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Righteous » Compared with » Gold
compared to Saints » Gold
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
Trials » Often blessings in disguise
Trials » The refining influence of
God, Wisdom of » Exhibited in knowing » The way of saints
Job 23:11 (show verse)
My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.
Job 23:12 (show verse)
I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
Job 23:13 (show verse)
But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.
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Job 23:14 (show verse)
For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs
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Job 23:15 (show verse)
For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.
Job 23:16 (show verse)
For God has made my heart feeble, and my mind is troubled before the Ruler of all.
Job 23:17 (show verse)
For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.